United States Senate elections, 1900

United States Senate elections, 1900

1900

30 of the 90 seats in the United States Senate 45 seats needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   Leader William B. Allison James K. Jones Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat Iowa Arkansas Last election 52 seats 24 seats Seats before 54 23 Seats won 53 28 Seat change 1 5   Third party Fourth party   Party Silver Republican Populist Last election 2 seats 6 seats Seats before 2 7 Seats won 3 2 Seat change 1 5

Majority Party before election Republican Elected Majority Party Republican

The United States Senate election of 1900 was an election in which the Republican Party gained three seats in the United States Senate, and which corresponded with President William McKinley's landslide re-election.

As this election was prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment, Senators were chosen by state legislatures.

Results

57th Congress, 1901–1903

• Majority Party: Republican (56)

• Minority Party: Democratic (32)

• Other Parties: Populist (2)

• Total Seats: 90

Change in Senate composition

Before the elections D D D D V D D D D D D D D D D P D D D D D D D D D P P P P P P S S r r R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R V

In the next Congress D D D V V D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D P P r r r R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R V V

Key:	D = Democratic P = Populist R = Republican S = Silver r = Silver Republican V = Vacant	Majority divider

• Note: Fred T. Dubois (Idaho) was elected as a Silver Republican, but changed parties to Democratic after this Congress began.

See also

• United States presidential election, 1900
• United States House of Representatives elections, 1900

References

• Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present, via Senate.gov